The judicial murder of Vladimir Cerman

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… In the early 1950s there was a lot of pressure to join the JZD and they resisted. The communists gave them terrible … meeting where they again persuaded the farmers to join the JZD, shot out the light bulb in that room through the …

Pack your things and leave

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… are you going to join the unified agricultural cooperative (JZD) or not, sir?' And the gentleman said: 'I will not join, … from school immediately. Therefore, will you join the JZD or not?'´ ´I have already told you twice, Mr. Director, … now I'm telling you for the third time, I will not join the JZD. ''The Comrade Director said: 'Well, Honzo, get angry, …

war in Kupičov

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… and gave us bewildering looks. They started to set up the JZD (collective farming – note by the translator) and other … took machines from people because they needed them for the JZD, for the “kolkhoz”, so they just stole it from us. They …

The father's arrest

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… wanted to establish a Unified Agricultural Cooperative (JZD) in Dlažkovice. My father did not want to get into the JZD, and they imprisoned him for that. Exactly on Christmas …

The eviction of the blind uncle and grandmother to an institution and the establishment of a unified agricultural cooperative

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… in an institution. This freed up our homestead and the JZD (unified agricultural cooperative) was founded out of … into offices, where the economist and the chairman of the JZD were. They turned the “výměnek” (a cottage reserved for …

Land confiscated by the Unified Agricultural Cooperative

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… to us. They were threatening us, forcing us to join the JZD, yelling at us that they would destroy us and stomp us … because there were actually three of them who joined the JZD and became members and thus they made it possible for …

How to join the JZD in 1957

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… How to join the JZD in 1957 …

Most of the informers were local people

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… son-in-law of Ladislav Stypa, who was the chairman of the JZD. That's a big story. Because when my father joined the … than me. It was arranged with the old chairman of the JZD, Duda, that he would join and I would go there too. I … in my brother's stead for the time until he joined the JZD. Well, yes, but in the meantime the chairmen changed. A …

In the 1950s no one sat on benches in front of houses, no one talked to anyone anymore

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… after work they would meet, discuss, sit. Then, when the JZD (Unified agriculture cooperative) was established, the …

The Czechoslovak Communist Party committee considered my dismissal

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… I had good interpersonal relations with the people in the JZD [Unified agricultural cooperative – trans.], including … Communist Party – trans.] committee of the entire JZD. Some suggested that I should be fired immediately. But …